Porthidium lansbergii | |
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P. l. rozei | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
Genus: | Porthidium |
Species: | P. lansbergii |
Binomial name | |
Porthidium lansbergii (Schlegel, 1841) |
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Synonyms | |
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Porthidium lansbergii is a venomous pitviper species found in Central and South America. Currently, four subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[3]
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Adults average 30-50 cm in length with a maximum of 90 cm. Terrestrial and moderately slender.[2]
Lansberg's hognosed pitviper. Also called patoco in Colombia and Panama.[2]
Found in extreme eastern Central America in the xeric coastal lowlands of central and eastern Panama. In northern South America in the Atlantic lowlands of Colombia and northern Venezuela, as well as the Pacific lowlands of Ecuador. The type locality given is "les environs de Turbaco [Department de Bolívar], en Colombie" According to Amaral (1929), likely from Tumaco.[1]
According to the range map provided by Campbell & Lamar (2004), the subspecies P. l. rozei and P. l. lansbergii intergrade in the northern part of the Guajira Peninsula.[2]
Subspecies[3] | Taxon author[3] | Common name | Geographic range[1][2] |
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P. l. arcosae | (Schätti & Kramer, 1993) | Manabí hognosed pitviper[2] | Western Ecuador in the Pacific lowlands of Manabí Province. |
P. l. hutmanni | (Sandner Montilla, 1989) | Endemic to Isla Margarita, Venezuela. | |
P. l. lansbergii | (Schlegel, 1841) | Northern Colombia and Panama. | |
P. l. rozei | Peters, 1968 | Venezuela from the Lake Maracaibo region and along the coast as far east as Caripito Monagas. Also enters northeastern Colombia to the southwest of Lake Maracaibo. |
Capmbell & Lamar (2004) consider P. l. arcosae a full species.[2]